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4 Ripped off Charging Port=Trashed Galaxy Exhibit SCH-T599 Logic Board?
Believe I have made a noobie mistake.
I was having a hard time desoldering a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit SCH-T599 charging port. Because of past trial and errors I didn't use a heating gun, only a soldering iron. I desoldered the sides, heated the pins solder and pulled the port up and off.
Those little metal 'thingys' (that the pins make contact with) CAME OFF the logicboard, still stuck to the solder on the pins.
I got the little metal pieces off the old port (but lost one of them...)
Did I just trash the phone?
Can someone at least tell me what the heck those little metal bits are called?
thanks.
CONCLUSION--
I tried my best but... nope, haha. I couldn't for the life of me get those little wire bits to stay. For now, I'm just going to steer clear of these charging ports. Maybe I'll get some junk parts to practice on (off to ebay!).
Regardless THANKS GUYS for all the info! ^_^
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crwdns2917036:04crwdne2917036:0
Hey guys, I was just told I could use something called 'silver epoxy'?
Or 'circuit writer'?
A 'silver conductive blue wire' - some kind of paint stuff??
Is this true? I have no idea, I mean its not copper so... haha.
I'm just having a hard time getting the copper wire to stay still enough for me to do the repair.
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 ali crwdne2893770:0
oh man I hate that stuff. It really interferes with anyone ever doing a quality robust repair on the device--it is very difficult to get out of a phone and it will leave little solder balls everywhere when you try to remove it. Plus, when heated, it forms a low melt alloy with the existing solder so that all the components will easily float away. ugh. I kind of think of it as making a coffee mug out of play doh instead of kiln fired ceramic. It may work for awhile, but if I were the customer I'd be pretty mad. But, that is just an opinion. Plenty of people love that awful stuff.
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 jessabethany crwdne2893770:0
Oh my...
When you say 'stuff' are you talking about the epoxy and circuit writer AND conductive blue wire?
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 ali crwdne2893770:0
I'm talking about conductive ink. Which is pretty much the same thing as an electrically conductive dried booger. Why fix something with a dried booger, when you can just as easily have a robust metal joint by using a little solder.
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 jessabethany crwdne2893770:0